The Cowboys have a pair of legends in the final 15 candidates for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class that will be announced in February.<\/p>\n
For Darren Woodson, he’s no stranger to being a finalist as he has now been in this position for four straight years. Jason Witten, however, is on the ballot for the first time and has made it as a finalist.<\/p>\n
Witten is the Cowboys’ all-time leader in receptions (1,215), receiving yards (12,977) and game played (255). He’s also one of two players in team history to make 11 Pro Bowls.<\/p>\n
Woodson, the Cowboys’ all-time leader in tackles with 1,350, played 12 seasons from 1992-2003. He’s a five-time Pro Bowler and helped the Cowboys win three Super Bowls.<\/p>\n
Witten and Woodson will need 80 percent of the vote from the selection committee to be included the class, which will be announced at NFL Honors during Super Bowl week in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Here’s a full list of the 15 modern-era candidates:<\/p>\n
Willie Anderson, Tackle \u2014 1996-2007 Cincinnati Bengals, 2008 Baltimore Ravens
\nDrew Brees, Quarterback \u2014 2001-05 San Diego Chargers, 2006-2020 New Orleans Saints
\nJahri Evans, Guard \u2014 2006-2016 New Orleans Saints, 2017 Green Bay Packers
\nLarry Fitzgerald, Wide Receiver \u2014 2004-2020 Arizona Cardinals
\nFrank Gore, Running Back \u2014 2005-2014 San Francisco 49ers, 2015-17 Indianapolis Colts, 2018 Miami Dolphins, 2019 Buffalo Bills, 2020 New York Jets
\nTorry Holt, Wide Receiver \u2014 1999-2008 St. Louis Rams, 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars
\nLuke Kuechly, Linebacker \u2014 2012-19 Carolina Panthers
\nEli Manning, Quarterback \u2014 2004-2019 New York Giants
\nTerrell Suggs, Outside Linebacker\/Defensive End \u2014 2003-2018 Baltimore Ravens, 2019 Arizona Cardinals, 2019 Kansas City Chiefs
\nAdam Vinatieri, Kicker \u2014 1996-2005 New England Patriots, 2006-2019 Indianapolis Colts
\nReggie Wayne, Wide Receiver \u2014 2001-2014 Indianapolis Colts
\nKevin Williams, Defensive Tackle \u2014 2003-2013 Minnesota Vikings, 2014 Seattle Seahawks, 2015 New Orleans Saints
\nJason Witten, Tight End \u2014 2003-2017, 2019 Dallas Cowboys, 2020 Las Vegas Raiders
\nDarren Woodson, Safety \u2014 1992-2003 Dallas Cowboys
\nMarshal Yanda, Guard\/Tackle \u2014 2007-2019 Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys have a pair of legends in the final 15 candidates for the 2026 Pro Football Hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,57684,7,14417,417,93546,1900,59623,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-640966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallascowboys","12":"tag-darren-woodson","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jason-witten","15":"tag-news-all-news","16":"tag-news-hall-of-fame-2026","17":"tag-news-nick-eatman","18":"tag-news-regular-season-2025","19":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}